Ministers Itamar Ben-Gvir and Miri Regev went to the Ashdod Port on Wednesday to be photographed amid the humiliation of hundreds of detained activists from the latest flotilla to Gaza. Detainees were forced to kneel, heads touching the floor with their hands tied behind their backs, as loudspeakers played “Hatikva” repeatedly.
Gaza-bound flotilla activists crouch on the floor with their hands tied in zip-bands, on Wednesday. Credit: Screenshot/Itamar Ben-Gvir on X
When one activist (…)

The Scottish Parliament [Holyrood] elections on 7 May, 2026, produced a balance between continuity and change. The election was a disaster for the Labour Party which had high hopes two years ago of emerging as the largest party, but they lost seats and fell to their lowest representation in the devolution era. The big gainers were the left-wing Scottish Green Party. The SNP won the lion's share of the constituencies and will continue to take the role of First Minister and nominate (…)

“A Defeat Manufactured in Downing Street”. Those were the words used by Mick Antoniw, former MS (Member of the Senedd), Counsel General in the Welsh Labour government and a senior member of the Labour Party in Cymru/Wales. He was describing the election on May 7 when Cymru underwent a change of historic proportions.
The Labour Party, the party that has dominated every election in Cymru, both Westminster and Senedd, for the last 100 years, did not win either the most votes or the most (…)

The elections held in Cymru/Wales, England, Scotland were a mixed bag. Local elections in the United Kingdom were held on 7 May 2026 for roughly one third of the current incumbents: 5,066 English councillors for 136 English local authorities (all 32 London borough councils, 32 metropolitan boroughs, 18 unitary authorities, 6 county councils, 48 district councils) and six directly elected mayors in England. Most of these seats in England were last up for election in 2022. Some of these (…)

We publish here the transcript of the speech by Sarah Selami, an Iranian activist in Solidarité socialiste avec les travailleurs·euse d'Iran (Socialist Solidarity with the Workers of Iran (SSTI), in Rouen, France on 2 May 2026. In it, she explains the main reasons for the war unleashed on 28 February 28 by the United States and Israel against the Islamic Republic of Iran.
The ceasefire currently in place remains fragile and its outcome is uncertain. In addition, a maritime blockade of (…)